ADOPTION OF THE EUROCODES

IN THE BALKAN REGION

5-6 December 2013, Milan & Ispra, Italy

EUROCODES IN MONTENEGRO
Country report
• Danilo Gvozdenović, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism
• Prof. Branislav Glavatović, Seismological Observatory (Chamber of engineers, President)
• Prof. Radomir Zejak, Faculty of Civil Engineering (Technical committee, President)
• Prof. Željka Radovanović, Chamber of engineers (Faculty of Civil Engineering )
• Ljiljana Šoškić, Gen. Secretary, Institute for standardization of Montenegro
• Tatjana Vujošević, Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism, Senior Adviser
• Svetlana Vuksanović, Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism, Senior Adviser
 STATE OF MONTENEGRO
SOME BASIC DATA

• Became independent (from ex Yugoslavia)

in 2006
• State territory surface ~ 14.000 km2
• Number of citizens ~ 620.000

Participation of Construction industry (%) in GDP

Large investments in 2007-
2008 in real estate and
urban development
resulted by huge impact
on brutto added value in
construction industry –
with over 13 % in GDP

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 CURRENT SITUATION IN ADOPTION OF EUROCODES
Chronology of some earlier activities
• Activities on harmonization of our national regulations with EU
standards (JUS standards in Montenegro) started in 1975 when
our country was a part of the Yugoslavia state

• The first set of harmonized technical standards “Eurocodes”

was published in 1984 – and immediately was followed by our
technical norm (PBAB ’87) for reinforced concrete structures

• After publishing the ENV Eurocodes and at the beginning of its

conversion to EN codes (1998) we started translation and
publishing of these documents for reinforced concrete
structures

• JRC Workshop at Brussels on Eurocodes, in March 2008

encouraged activities on Eurocodes in Montenegro

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 Existing relevant national regulations and recent activities
• Law for spatial development and constructions (2008)
• Some regulations inherited from ex Yugoslavia, based on
JUS standards are still in use
• Law on Construction Products, partly transposed contents
of EU regulation no. 305/2011 - in the adoption phase
Just finished:
• IPA twining project on Eurocodes (2012 – 2013)

In the process of adoption by the Government:

• Action plans for Eurocodes adoption and implementation

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 Action Plan for Eurocodes adoption
should be accepted by the Government very soon
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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 The adoption plan contains detailed schedule for every
Eurocode, for every month: example – EN 90, 91 and 98

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 The total cost of Eurocodes adoption (translation, NDPs determination
and NAs preparation) is expected to be ~ 1 million Euros

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 Action Plan for Eurocodes implementation
the acceptance by the Government is expected soon

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 Implementation Plan contains detailed priorities, dead lines,
cost, responsible institutions and indicators for success

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 Responsible institutions
• Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism - responsible
for regulations in sectors: spatial development, construction and
urban planning
• Institute for Standardization of Montenegro (ISME) - adoption of
standards
• Institute of Hydro-meteorology and Seismology - NDPs in EN
1991 and EN 1998
• Institute of Geology – NDPs in EN 1997
• Faculty of Civil engineering – general education
• Chamber of engineers – practical education of engineers

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 INSTITUTIONS INVOLVEMENT
Institute for standardization of Montenegro
• In 2007 Government established National Institute for
Standardization (ISME),
• In 2011 ISME adopted harmonized standards for construction
products by implementing EU Directive 89/106/EEC into National
regulations,
• In July 2011 ISME established Technical Commitee TK 002: Eurocodes
to manage adoption and implementation of Eurocodes,
• In September 2012 Technical Committee established 8 working
groups (W0 - W7) for all Eurocodes.

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 Working groups on Eurocodes

Technical Committee for Eurocodes W0 – EN 1990

W1 – EN 1991, EN 1996

W2 – EN 1992

W3 – EN 1993, EN 1999
W4 – EN 1994

W5 – EN 1995

W6 – EN 1998
W7 – EN 1997

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 Activities of Technical Committee
• EC 1990, EN 1991 and EN 1998 adopted (December 2012) in
English - until preparation of national NDPs,
• EC 1990 and NA 1990 - now on public inquiry,
• Adoption of some basic parts of EC 1991 and EC 1998 - in
preparation stage.

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 EN98-1 NDPs:
responsible Institute for Hydro-meteorology and Seismology
Seismic hazard data - finished Snow loads data
Spectral response data - ongoing Wind loads data
Strong motion data base - existing Max&min shade air
Soil type characterization – in 2014 temperature

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 Faculty of Civil Engineering related activities

• ECTS Catalogue adopted with new Eurocodes contents

(implementation officially will begin in 2014/15 study year),
• National experts attended workshops on Eurocodes: Brussels
(2008 & 2011), Lisbon (2012), Dublin (2013), than visited ASI,
DIN and DIBt (2013),
• Every two years Faculty organizes Symposiums on constructions
- From Theory to Practice, partially dedicated to Eurocodes
implementation,
• During several last years, in more than 40 cases PhD and Master
theses as well as final diploma works, were prepared with the
subjects on Eurocodes.
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 STRATEGIES FOR TRAINING
- still to be determined

Chamber of engineers of Montenegro

• Chamber of engineers licenses all engineers and companies for
authorized urban planning, building design and construction, in
accordance with the Law on spatial development and
construction (2008)

• Chamber occupies near 2.000 licensed engineers and more than

600 licenced companies.

http//www.ingkomora.me

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 Several seminars on Eurocodes organized by Montenegrin
Chamber of engineers and Civil Engineering Faculty
• First informative seminar on Eurocodes implementation in
Montenegro, 2009
• Round table EU standards: EC 0 and EC 1, 2010
• Several conferences on Eurocodes topics, 2010-2012
• Round table on Construction products and European regulations, 2013,
• Second informative seminar on Eurocodes implementation, 2013, etc.

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 The recent Seminar (October this year) covered next topics
• Overview and comparison of Eurocodes and existing National rules
• Explanation of Eurocode EN 1990
• EN 1991-1-1: Densities, self-weight, imposed loads for buildings
• EN 1991-1-3: Snow loads
• EN 1991-1-4: Wind action
• EN 1991-1-5: Thermal actions
• EN 1998: Earthquakes - basic rules
• EN 1998: Seismic actions and rules for buildings
• EN 1992: Design of concrete structures
• EN 1993: Design of steel structures
• EN 1996: Design of masonry structures

www.ingkomora.me

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 For successful process of Eurocodes implementation
- education is crucial
• Education on all levels in Eurocodes implementation,
especially for civil engineers, as well as for the
students of Civil engineering Faculty,
• We realized that besides Faculty of Civil engineering,
the Chamber of engineers should play the crucial
role through the practical process of education on
Eurocodes,
• Mostly, we finished the informative campaigns, as
well as top level specialists education (state
administration and construction companies) even
further, continual informing is planned.

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 Expectations, specific problems and needs
• Based on Action plan we expect adoption and implementation of Eurocodes to be
finished until the end of 2016, including period of coexistence with the National
regulations,
• We experienced a problem in financing the process of adoption and
implementation, mostly as the consequence of small capacity of related business
entities interested in Eurocodes. In this case – the Government decided to finance
the drafting of National Annexes,
• Relatively poor existing research databases - necessary for preparation of NDPs in
National annexes – rise requirement for aditional research activities,
• Still we are looking for a model for proper rewarding of experts engaged in
educational process of Eurocodes and NDPs determination (out of the
Universities),
• We need more Eurocodes related international projects to improve the
knowledge and experience,
• We emphasize the need for better regional cooperation: a regional center for
Eurocodes would be very helpful.

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ADOPTION OF THE EUROCODES
IN THE BALKAN REGION
5-6 December 2013, Milan & Ispra, Italy

Thanks for your

patience !